On November 30, 2020, significant changes to Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) were proposed in the Federal Finance Minister’s 2020 Fall Economic Update (the “Update”).  The new rules, which have very recently come into effect, will affect operators of electronic platforms, non-resident vendors engaged in the sales of digital products [...]

Bill S-216, An Act to enact the Modern Slavery Act and to amend the Customs Tariff, was re-introduced late last year in the Canadian Senate. Bill S-216 is an update of Bill S-211, which was introduced in the previous legislative session but died on the Order Paper when Parliament was prorogued in August 2020. As its [...]